Aug 27, 2012

For the bacon lovers in your life! Bacon, lettuce, tomato and avocado on toasted whole grain bread. With summer tomatoes at their peak, this is the best time to enjoy these yummy sandwiches, perfect for lunch or school.

I love a BLT for lunch, if made with center cut bacon and whole grain bread it's lighter than a traditional BLT and a great sandwich to pack for lunch. Swapping the mayo for the avocado adds some healthy fats that you can mash up or leave sliced.

For lettuce I used what I had on hand, which happened to be arugula - use romaine, or whatever you like. If you don't eat pork, of course turkey bacon would work. For picky kids, cater to their taste; if they don't like one of the ingredients, leave it out or swap it for something else.

To make this even lighter, serve open faced and save on calories, carbs and points (6 points vs 8 points). With a light soup on the side like cream of zucchini or creamy cauliflower (you can put the soup in a thermos for lunch on the go) you'll have yourself a satisfying meal.

For a low-carb BLT you might also like my BLT Lettuce wraps! Try them with avocado too!

Thanks Gina, I tell everyone about your site! It helped me loose almost 30lbs with ww. Will this stay good packed for a few hours without the avocado getting brown and the toast soagy? Pack lunches on my mind!!!

I don't think we have Nature's Own bread available in our area. Do you have another brand you would substitute? I love your website! I've made several of your recipes and have been really inspired to cook healthy again and get back on WW! Thank you!

If I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life it would probably be a BLAT. The sandwich chain Jimmy Johns does one, and you can order it "unwich" style where they wrap it in lettuce instead of their white bread.

Open face is a great suggestion for keeping calories down at home. I sometimes prefer to my mash the avocado and spread it on the bread so it acts like mayo without those empty calories and fat.

I made this today and my mouth is still watering it was so delicious! I'm mayo obsessed, but I used mashed avocado spread on the bread and I didn't miss it at all, in fact, I preferred avocado over mayo! It was so delicious, this is definitely on my lunch rotation from now on!